Reed-organ stop-action



3 Y E N T I H C O REED ORGAN STOP ACTION.

No. 297,211. Patented Apr. 22, 1884.

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OBISON o. WHITNEY, or CLEVELAND, OHIO.

REED-QRGAN STOP-ACTEON.

fiPECEPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,211, dated April22, 188%.

Application filed July 24. 1882. (Model.

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Be it known that I, ORISON O. WHITNEY, of Cleveland, in the count-y ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stop Mechanism for construction and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention.Fig. 2is a side Fig. 3 is a transverse section. Fig. 4 is a rear view.Fig. 5 is a plan view of the swell and couplers, and Fig. 6 is a detailview of the stops for operating the rear valve.

The letter A represents the frame of my invention, having at the bottomportion thereof an upright, a, to which is pivoted the tremo- 1ovalvelever a, operated by aspring, (6. To or near the front portion of thisframe and hinged to a strip, b, are the bass and treble couplersB B,having springs b at their rear portions, secured to the strip 12, asshown in Fig. 1. These couplers are operated by bent wires 0, havingbearings at their inner ends in the strip 1). The front ends of thesewires are bent vertically, and have their outer portions bearing in theblock 0 attached to the front of the frame. The front or vertical ends,1 of these wires are designed to be used as kneelevers for operating thebass and treble coup- The letters (1, d, and (Z are the mutes orspring-valves, which extend longitudinally across the frame and projectout through openings at one side thereof. The two former of 40 thesevalves are near the middle of the frame,

while the latter is at the rear. To one side of this frame are pivotedthe levers e, e, and 6 having linksf, f, andf", which are in turnpivoted to cranks g, g, and 9, said cranks be- 5 ing secured to theprojecting ends of the valves,

respectively. A pin, h, passes through a perforation in the rear lowerpart of the frame A, and is connected at its lower end with thetremolo,while its upper end connects with a lever, L, pivoted to therear of the frame and provided with a spring, Z.

H represents the swell, which is flexibly secured to the frame, and. itis provided with an arm, m, which connects with an arm, m, secured tothe lever L, which is also pivoted to the rear of the frame, the same asthelever L, and is provided with a similarspring, Z. The top of theframe A is provided with blocks a at each end, having vertical pins 0 0,which are slitted near their lower extremities, as shown, for a purposehereinafterdescribed.

The letter C denotes the upper frame, which is designed to rest on thelower frame, A; and for this reason it is provided with openings a,which are adapted to be passed over the pins and rest on the support 02,whereby the two frames are secured together by means of springcatches hpivoted to the upper frame and sprung into the slits of the pins, thusrendering the upper frame removable, for the purpose of cleaning andrepairing. The frame 0 is provided with longitudinal grooves 2', inwhich are arranged wire rods k, and It", held in place by blocks 1.,their outer ends bent to form crank-arms w, w, and 10*, which restloosely upon the heads of the levers e, e, and 6 respectively. The rod70 is made in bail form, and is provided with friction'rollers c c", fora purpose hereinafter described. The inner ends of the rods k and k arecorrespondingly provided with friction-rollers c and a. At about themiddle portion of this upper frame are secured spring-heads M and M,having at their under sides pins a and a which pass through perforationsin said upper board and rest upon the tops of the springlevers L L. ()nthe upper frame, at its front and rear portions, are the uprights G G,the former having perforations g and the latter having openings 9 in theform of a key-hole.

The letters F F F F F F denote the stoprods which engage the openings ofthe front and rear uprights, and have their movements therein, and thesestop-rods are provided with extensions y, in key form, to preventturning in the openings of the uprights. They are frame 0, operatetheswell and tremolo, through the medium of the pins (0 and a resting onthe levers L and L, whereby when said stops are drawn out the pins arereleased from pressure, and they are thrown upward by the springs of thelevers L and L.

The two stops F and 1 operate the mutes d and (1 independently when theyare drawn out over the rollers 0 and '0 of the rods 7; and k".

The stop F, having the smallest block, is for operating the spring-valve(1, whereby when said rod is pulled out it rides over the roller 0" ofthe bail-rod 7:, and partially opens the valve d"; but when the stop-rodF is pulled out over the roller 0*,the said valve is thrown entirelyopen.

I am aware that it is not new to operate the same stop-valve indift'erentways by different stop-draws, and I do not claim such devices,broadly.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination,withthe frame A, having the pivoted lever e, of the frame 0, having the rod7.:, secured in a groove in said frame, and provided with an arm, w,resting loosely on said lever, said rod made in bail form and havingrollers 0 c", and the uprights G G on frame 0, in which play thestop-rods F F, provided with blocks q of difi'erent sizes. whereby themute- (I? is partially or entirely opened alternately by said stops, asshown and described.

2. The combinatiomwith the frame A, having the vertical pins 0, providedwith grooves or slits, of the frame 0, having perforations to engagesaid pins, and provided with upward ly-turned spring catches h", adaptedto be sprung into the grooves or slits of the pins to secure the twoframes together, as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the frame 0, l1aving the spring-heads M M,provided with pins (0 a of the frame A, having the levers L L, engagingsaid pins, the former provided with the pin h, connected to the tremolo,and the latter provided with an arm, m, attached to an arm, m, of theswell, and the stop-rods I F", adapted to engage the spring-heads to 0perate the said tremolo and swell, as shown and described.

4. The combination, with the frame A, having the levers c 0 e pivoted toone side thereof, and provided with links ff f and arm 9 g g connectedto the links and to the mutes d d (1 of the frame 0, having uprights GG, provided with openings 1 f/ for the stop-rods F F F F havingblocks-the rods It klx provided with rollers 0" 0 0 c, and the arms 1020w", resting on said levers, said stops F F independently operating themutes (Z d, and the stops F F operating the bail-rod k. whereby thevalve (Z is partially or entirely thrown open, as set forth.

5. T he pins a" and a", secured to the springheads M and M on the frame0, in combination with the swell and tremolo-valve lever and thedraw-stops F F, as shown and do scribed. Y

ORISON G. lVI-IITNEY.

Vitnesses:

Geo. W. Trnnrr'rs, E. W. LAIRD.

